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Colombia's judicial branch shuts down to join anti-government protests
Protests in the capital Bogota. (Image: Twitter)
by Adriaan Alsema May 25, 2021
Colombia’s judges and prosecutors laid down work on Tuesday to join a two-day national strike in opposition to far-right President Ivan Duque.
Multiple judicial labor unions and associations said they would join anti-government protests that will enter their fifth week on Wednesday.
In a press release, the National Association of Judicial Branch Employees (Asonal) said that “we also reject the disproportionate police repression against those who peacefully exercise their fundamental right to protest.”
Eight judicial associations said in a joint statement that they would lay down work in protest of the “inadequate institutional response to the demands of the population.”
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-judicial-branch-shuts-down-to-join-anti-government-protests/
